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March 27th-April 2nd 2014, The Werkstation is hosting it's third 'Werk The Booth ' contest, this time in conjunction with DrumSquad producer 'Drumma Boy' who is in search of the most creative, unique and talented Producers / Artists / Songwriters / Instrumentalists of All Genres.  Drumma Boy (www.drumsquad.com) has worked with an array  of acts that include 2 Chainz, Juicy J,

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March 7th-12th 2014, The Werkstation is hosting it’s second ‘Werk The Booth’ contest, this time in conjunction with EMI publishing producer ‘Fatboi’ who is in search of the most Creative, Unique and Talented artist / songwriter / instrumentalist of All Genres. Finalists will receive the opportunity to collaborate with Fatboi in studio on a current project. The winner (Artist or

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Update: Results from 'Werk The Booth' contest. (February 26th) Thank you to everyone who participated in our first contest, Werk The Booth, at The Mall Of Georgia. Glad to announce the winner of the contest was Naomi Kenyon. Her talent impressed our contest judges Tha Bizness and indeed will be signed to a deal with the production duo! Stay tuned for new information on our next

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Music can bring about so many emotions. Thanks to founder,  Pezo Johnson from Streetz 94.5, music is saving the life of many by teaching kids on how to redirect their anger or pain to write a poem, rap, or short story. Finding alternative ways to sculpt their anger into positive energy. The program is called Pain On Paper/Poems Over Pistols. If interested in more information be sure

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These days there's a lot of blurred lines. Ask an artist what type of music they do, you'll get answers like "a lil bit of everything" or even the popular "it doesn't really fall under a genre". Right. Truth is, it does. For very real reasons, (like getting paid for instance), your record needs to fall under one of these genre classifications. Not only that, deciding exactly where you want to

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Over the years we've done a million and one showcases and open mics. And one of the most frustrating things used to be getting artists not to rap/sing over their vocals. Well, if you haven't heard, Jay himself made big news when he refused to continue his performance at the recent So So Def reunion concert. Apparently, it has to be the "show track" or no deal. Big-ups on that one Jay... Checkout

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Some things to think about... thought we'd share. (original article: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music-artists-earn-online/) We want to know your take... leave a comment below. .

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Any time the Grammy Award Winning, Multi Platinum Super Production Team, The Bizness is in your studio lets be clear a hit is on the way. The Bizness took Native Instruments through the creation of Kendrick Lamar's track titled "Sherane" from his major label debut studio album "good kidd, m.A.A.d city". The session was done with Patchwerk's own Dee Brown.Check out the video and take notes!

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Say hello to perhaps one of the most important resources a touring musician could ever have.  The app called Tourch is only found on iPhones will be your new best friend. It is a mobile application created to make musicians life easier when it comes to handling merchandise, touring, etc. Tourch accounts and tracks all of your merchandise sales on any given night of your tour. A great

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There is a war going on outside no man is safe from! Deception is at an all time high. Ever wondered how extremely horrible videos receive such a high view count? As you may already know there are a few "buy hits" websites all over the net. One of the more popular YouTube channel platforms made available are Vagex which is partially held responsible for this disaster. The views are by real

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Have you ever had a studio session approaching only to find that you have a hoarse voice? This can be disastrous when schedules have been set and money has been invested. Rest assured, there are ways to prevent hoarseness and techniques you can try to get your voice back in shape. Here's a few from a well known vocal coach and artist development expert. She has worked with Donald Fagen from

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The viral video “Gangnam Style” from Internet K-Pop sensation PSY is officially documented in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most liked video in YouTube history. Also, it has been viewed over 850,000,000 times, surpassing Justin Bieber’s hit “Baby”. The electro-influenced record has reached the number one position in across the world in countries such as Australia, Canada, France,

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Attention Artist/Indie Labels! SoundExchange may have royalties waiting for you to collect. They have done extensive outreach to make the music industry aware of this through online news outlets, targeting individuals via social media channels, attending conferences/speaking on panels, and hosting informational/educational webinars. They have recently released a list of 50,000 sound

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You know that guy... the one that had a couple hit singles but then mysteriously fell off the map. Yeah, that guy! DON'T BE HIM. Be the guy that's actually remembered after you've sung your last tune? More specifically though, what will we remember? What legacy will you leave behind? These are the questions that should be ringing in your head as you make creative decisions

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Our home girl "GADIVA" is doing her thing on this coming Tuesday, November 20th, at Eastside Lounge. She always puts on a good show. If you ask us, she's definitely one of those artists you just have GOT to know (ya know!?) Click the flyer for details. We want to know your take... leave a comment below. .

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For all you producers out there, the question is, “How do you sample 70’s soul records without completely stealing the artist’s recording?” Well, here are a couple of lessons from Kev Brown to help start you off. Kev Brown has produced tracks for Goapele, Raheem DeVaughn, Busta Rhymes, Marley Marl, and Pete Rock, just to name a few. Here are some of what he suggest: Step 1: Find a DOPE piece of

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Guaranteed to become every music-makers favorite pass time, Google has released a new feature on its Chrome platform called "Jam With Chrome" that allows you to collaborate with musicians wherever they are through your web browser. Just imagine, you could literally host a jam session with a drummer in LA, a guy in France on the keys, you play the base in Atlanta, and your buddy in New York on the

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The most interesting anecdote from The New Yorker’s recent profile of Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun, came when Braun explained how he had turned “the most Googled person on the planet” into a money-making dynamo, even within an industry that seemed determined to not make any money. It bears quoting at length: When Braun met David Geffen, at a party a couple of years ago, he

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What is stopping artist today from releasing a professionally recorded, mixed, mastered and manufactured project? Nine out of ten times the situation is funding. The COO of Patchwerk Recording Studios, Curtis Daniel III, has started a new program to rectify this situation called 5TEN15TWENTY.     5TEN15TWENTY is a funding and recording development tool that allows artist and

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There's absolutely nothing better in this business than getting straight talk from someone who has worked and been successful in the music industry.  Meet Steve Rennie, manager for rock band Incubus and former record executive.  He has created a YouTube channel loaded with sound advice from his years of experience and some interviews from other veterans in the industry.  What I

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When it comes to "werk" one individual who personifies handling the business is Gucci Mane. We don't look at him as a client but rather family. If you see him at THE PATCH guarantee he is putting in time with our engineer Kori Anders. He recently sat down with Power 105's The Breakfast Club for an interview. Gucci has a new project coming out next week October 17th titled 'Trap God'. We want

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Looking at my watch it is about that time of year again. When all walks of life come together to celebrate hip hop music in the heart of the south known as ATL. For the 8th annual A3C Hip Hop Festival  being held at the Masquerade on October 11-13, 2012 they are adding a new element to the fold. Jumping on the technology transit the A3C will be teaming up with Spreaker online radio to

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A congrats is in order for writer and producer The-Dream(Terius Nash), who has worked with everyone from Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and Justin Bieber, on his new position with Def Jam. He has been appointed Executive Vice President of A&R by Republic/IDJ Motown Chairmain/CEO Barry Weiss and IDJMG EVP/Head of A&R Karen Kwak. His duties will include overseeing

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Copyright Often the process of registering a copyright is what comes to mind when people hear the term copyright.  However, songs are automatically copyrighted as soon as they are in tangible form, even recorded at home or simply written down. Copyrighted songs have to be original (not copies of another piece) and significant enough to constitute a work. Copyrighting your work (

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Still not on that Instagram hype yet? You may want to rethink that considering user adoption for the billion-dollar company (now valued at $735 million in correlation with Facebook’s stock) has been on the rise as of late. Stats and figures released by comScore indicate that Instagram surpassed Twitter for the first time in daily active users on mobile during the month of August. Instagram&

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